Sowani Surname
Approximately 801 people bear this surname
Sowani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 390 | 1:135,748 | 12,597 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| India | 109 | 1:7,037,297 | 155,647 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sowani (250) may also be a first name.
Sowani Demographics
Average Sowani Salary in
South Africa
R 4,596
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sowani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sowani (Marathi: सोवनी, Oriya: େସାୱାନି) occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 430,251st most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The last name Sowani occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Sowani live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sowani is also the 563,826th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 250 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 135,748. In Tanzania Sowani is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 48 percent live, Lindi Region, where 30 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Sowani Last Name Statistics demography
Sowani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 98.07% less than the national average, earning R 4,596 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sowani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowani in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାୱାନି | esawani | - |
| Sowani in the Marathi language | ||
| सोवनी | sovani | 73.33 |
| सोवानी | sovani | 13.33 |
| सोवणी | sovani | 3.33 |
| सोनी | soni | 3.33 |
| सोवाणी | sovani | 3.33 |
| सोवनीाची | sovaniaci | 3.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sowani
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